Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I rise briefly to argue the case for a referral of the Foreign Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. It is just unthinkable that a piece of legislation this serious and apparently so much needed was rushed into the other place only yesterday, with no notification of the full parliament, in a cosy deal between the Labor and Liberal parties. The crossbenchers were left out of this. The bulk of the parliament were left out of it, and we haven't heard from the government of the day as to why this is important. It seems that every time the government wants to get something rushed through, rammed through this place without scrutiny, they just have to write 'national security' in crayon and the Labor Party roll over. That's what happened here. It's happening before our very eyes, and why? It's because Mr Morrison is on the brink of calling an election and he wants every tool in the box.

Question negatived.